Source: IRIN Health and nutrition experts in Zimbabwe are worried that one of the lowest exclusive breastfeeding rates in the region could have a negative impact on the country's prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) programme.

LITTLE Elspeth McDiarmid was at the centre of a 999 emergency - after trapping her pinky in a door and leaving her mum and new little brother stranded.

“We look forward to the results of further studies, which will help us better understand the critical cellular pathways regulated by VELCADE, and ultimately accelerate clinical research in lymphoma by predicting which drugs could work best in individual patients in clinical trial settings,� said lead author Andre Goy, M.D., M.S., Chief, Lymphoma, the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack ...

Lake Baikal risks losing World Heritage status

New mothers should be left to eat in peace and not made to lose weight quickly.

Your child needs their lunchtime nap. You need to go out. You settle for taking the buggy and draping over a blanket or towel in the hope that they'll sleep. Predictably, it falls off and your child wakes up. You swear you'll stay at home next time.

Every new family has its trials and tribulations. We were luckier than most: breastfeeding was a breeze, weaning a doddle, even the sleep deprivation was bearable. But toilet training? This was our Everest. Our two-year old proved highly resistant to the potty, but was equally adamant she would no longer wear nappies. It was a challenging time, but eventually we got there: our daughter is now a ...

Mothers have insisted for years that it is impossible to lose the "baby weight" they gain during pregnancy. But now experts have said that slimming down after giving birth is not only possible but necessary for those who plan to have another child.

Three in five younger women (61%) would be happy to split their maternity leave with their partner if the option was available, according to a new nationwide survey of 1000 women commissioned by QUINN-healthcare. 49% of mothers over 35 years would also like this opportunity. Mothers in Dublin were among the least willing to split their maternity leave (49%) but more than half of mothers in ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - First-time moms who are older than 30, overweight or have breastfeeding difficulties on their newborn's first day may have increased odds of a delay in their full breast-milk production, a new study suggests.

Historical barriers to breastfeeding in Australia may have contributed to the country's chronic disease burden, according to research from The Australian National University. The research, by Dr Julie Smith and Dr Peta Harvey of the Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health at ANU, looked at the public health impact of infants being prematurely weaned during the past five decades in ...

In the next five years, 11 million African women and children could be saved by creating near-universal availability of key life-saving interventions, according to The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health and the Countdown to 2015 Decade Report (2000-2010). The Countdown report estimates that these interventions -- antenatal care, emergency care at the time of birth, post-natal care ...

MANY people enter sponsored walks, cycle rides, or swims, but a group of Winchester mums are planning something different.

After Ivana Micic's prematurely born daughter was fed by milk from other mums during the baby's stay at a Belgrade hospital she decided to return the favour to other parents in need.

What is it about being a mother that makes you fat? Of course it is not the story for everyone – lots of women "snap back" after pregnancy, or fight their way through WeightWatchers when their youngest is two or three and then keep it off. But there are plenty of others pushing buggies, playing with toddlers and delivering children at the school gates still a stone or three heavier than before ...

HEARTLESS thieves raided a Hatfield home taking valuables including the family car, a 40in television and two laptops.

A survey reveals that parents lose an average of six months' sleep during the first 24 months of their child's life. Approximately 10% of parents manage to get just two-and-a-half hours continuous sleep each night, the Silentnight survey found. Over 60% of parents with babies aged less than 24 months get no more than three-and-a-quarter hours sleep each night. Silentnight sleep expert, Iftikhar ...

The World Health Organization issued updated guidelines for improving efforts to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV by testing women earlier in their pregnancies and testing and treating infants sooner after their births, the Wall Street Journal reports. Eliminating mother-to-child HIV infections by 2015 is a major goal for WHO, UNAIDS and other public health organizations. Each year ...

Lake Baikal risks losing World Heritage status

THE TWILIGHT SAGA ECLIPSE star BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD cringes whenever she watches her first interview following her long battle with post-partum depression - because she...